Wish You were Here

There were 2 reasons I braved the lag to go to this month's Gacha Garden. One was the Wish You Were Here pose set from Nantra and the other was the French Bulldog Fun in the Sun Frenchies by Jian. I wanted a companion dog which I could walk around with and I won her on the second try. The little Pug beside Moon is another companion dog by Jian I found at a flea market a while back.

Moon is also wearing the latest free group gift from COCO and the recent FLF heart necklace from Maxi Gossamer. I am a sucker for heart pendants.

Did I mention that my desktop died a month ago and I've been on a laptop since then? Which is why I haven't been building. I had ordered a new desktop but I messed up on the graphic card. My son usually does these tech things for me but since he migrated leaving us girls, I've had to figure these things with my also clueless daughters. I actually succeeded in dismantling the out of date graphic card but when I tried to install another graphic card, I found out that it was too big.... So, now I have to go find a graphic card. I might just lug the darn desktop to the shop and just ask them to fit an updated version.

Anyway, not building means I get more time to just explore SL and do shopping and spent more time with my virtual animals.

I got girls for my second round of foals. Above is a Black Percheron. She's already 6 days old

My Gypsy Vanner gave me a Piebald Gypsy Vanner filly.

My Timor Bay Pony gave birth to an Australian Pony lass. She's the chestnut coloured Pony.

And my Percheron gave birth to an Australian Stock Horse! She's another chestnut.

Flying the Bumblebee

Paris Metro has a new group gift, the Bumblebee Helicopter.

Since my water parcel has now been blocked by jetties and it's a very tight squeeze to take the boat out to sea, I'm using the Bumblebee Helicopter to fly and explore the Blake Sea areas.

I used the default windlight with medium graphic setting because I didn't want to risk crashing every time I cross a sim, but the draw distance was over 300 so it was a good flight.

Then for post processing, I used Pixlr, my go to photo editor. It's not my best, but it was the flying and exploring that was more fun. I've been so cooped up on my building platform I needed a break.

Above is Sailor's Cove.

While I was flying, it occurred to me that I don't see any of my builds, so I looked around and found a couple.

Can you spot my build? It's the 4th from the left.

The Beachcomber's, a favorite.

You can get your free BumbleBee Helicopter here. Group membership is free.

Royal Queen Yin

I have some spare time so I'm blogging this beautiful group gift gown from PurpleMoon.

Of course I had to share it with my KittyCat Yin.

What Moon is wearing:

hair: [LeLutka]-MAGDALEN hair/Dark Blonde
eyes: Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eyes (November Midnight)
skin: [the Skinnery] Kenza - Bare face (honey)
make-up: alaskametro<3 free makeup tattoo layers - mega pack(spring 2010 07 light)
jewellery: :: PM :: Cycle dans la Chocolaterie
gown: :: PM :: Royal Queen v2.0 Black - Group Gift -
KittyCat: Yin

Dance

I really miss the swaying of flexi skirts when my avatar dances so I have incorporated some of the mesh dresses with flexi skirts. Right now, these dresses are only available at the mainstore.

hair: AD - libra - dark browns
skin: New Faces Mei Ying Olive
mesh body: WoWMeh 3.1
eyes: Mayfly past Group Gift (Liquid Light Eyes - Myrtle Green)
dress: FOREVER SUMMER Sweet Melissa Rose Partial Mesh Dress
shoes: N-core GROUP GIFT "IBIZA Summer Edition"

dress: {FS}Coral Roses Polkadot Teal Strapless Partial Mesh dress
shoes: Ingenue :: Lily Flats (Slink Feet Add-On) :: Pearl

gown: FOREVER SUMMER Peacock XStrap Partial Mesh Gown
jewellery: Lazuri Perlline GG
hair: [Shag] - Bombshell - Dark browns

As always, please try the demo first.

Date Night

I have the bad habit of not reading my mails and discarding them when I first log into SL but today I'm glad I didn't or I would have missed getting SYSY's Classic Pumps SLink addons subscriber gift. Moon was testing my FOREVER SUMMER Date Night dresses which I had not packed yet, but when I tried on the pumps, I told myself that I had better write a post about this before I forget. The subscriber gift comes in 2 colours, black and pink. It doesn't come with a shoe base, but that is not a necessity because the slink feet already comes with the shoe base.

hair: Magika [01] After
skin: Glance Anais August
dress: FOREVER SUMMER Date Night halterneck babydoll dress (coming soon)
jewellery: *YS&YS* Gold set (past TDR item)
clutch: PP - Diamonds Apple Clutch - Silver  & Gold
tights: Izzie's - Heart Tights (past TDRF item)
shoes: SYSY's Classic Pumps SLink addons - black & Pink groupgift

Boots for really short dresses

It's been so hot these past few days, I feel like a wilting flower.

hair: *~*Damselfly*~*Billie Mixed Pack
skin: Glance Anais August
eyes: Mayfly - Deep Sky Eyes (Hazel Grey) 60L weekend
minidress: FOREVER SUMMER Black Snakeskin Short Halterneck Dress XXS
purse: Swallow Single Lady Clutch White @ TDRF
boots: Maitreya Thigh High Boots - Metal Snake @ collabor88

hair: TRUTH HAIR Electra -  variety
eyes: Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eyes (Tropical Blue)
mini: FOREVER SUMMER Pink Retro Short Halterneck Dress XXS
bag: :: PM :: Monogram Bag Pink free @ Cherries on Top Hunt
boots: LQMesh Overknees Boots KIM - REDGRAVE

hair: !lamb. Zelda - Loveless Pack
necklace: MG necklace summer ladybird white (past gatcha item)
bangles: DM Blue Silver Bangles & Earrings Set(old item)
bag: HouseofFox :: TheRoman2.0 [past FLF]
minidress: FOREVER SUMMER Purple Butterflies Batik Halter Dress
boots: LQMesh Overknees Boots KIM - REDGRAVE

And for this Tuesday's Slebrity Slection Street Sale, I have chosen FOREVER SUMMER Floral Sunset Halter Dress for 50L.

hair: !lamb. Stay Don't Go (Mesh) - Grayscale Pack
skin: *YS&YS* Persefone Skin GroupGift
earrings: [ glow ] studio Dindi Set (old TDR item)
dress: FOREVER SUMMER Floral Sunset Halter Dress @ SSSS this link will take you directly to my store at Slebrity Sim.

Round{7/2} Cosmopolitan Sale Room part 1

The new round of Cosmoplitan Sale Room starts 17th Feb-2nd Mac. You can read more about it here.

hair: *~*Damselfly*~*Billie Mixed Pack
skin: Glance Anais August
minidress: Alyce - Poison Dress - 120 Colors @ CSR 31
bracelet: Pure Poison -Cool Unisex Bracelets groupgift
pose: - Quintessencia - Pose Calli - Model Poses - 03 @ CSR 31

outfit: WickedNight - Frou Frou Dress (Zebra-Black) comes with a size selector hud
feather duster: -RC- Feather Duster
pose: - Quintessencia - Pose Calli - Model Poses - 05 @ CSR 31

dress: ][PULL][ Luna Cocktail Dress @ CSR  31

dress: ][PULL][ Kelly Dress @ CSR 31

It's Tuesday and it's special

Why? Because today I joined SLebrity Slection Street Sales.

hair: .b -smitten  - dark browns
eyes: Mayfly --Luminous - Mesh Eyes(Teal Hazel)
skin: *YS&YS* Persefone Skin GroupGift
jewellery: DM Modern Retro Bangles & Hoop Earrings Set(old item)
dress: OSITO SSSS Patch Pocket Houndstooth for SSSS
shoes: HOLLY MESH WHITE DRIP KICKS for SSSS

And here is the dress I have selected for today's SLebrity Slection Street Sale.

dress: FOREVER SUMMER Summertime Daisy tiered dress for SSSS
shoes: [Gos] Bordello - Dita - White
pose: NanTra Musings 6 Mirror @ CSR30

Close-up of YS&YS Persefone Skin Groupgift. I used pixlr effect on the picture. This is not Moon's regular shape.

Jade

PXL Christmas groupgift Jade is so sweet.

This is a picture I took without adding any makeup to the skin but with the PXL olive skin burner. It doesn't come with the group gift. I wanted to see if the skin burner would make the skin darker. Not.

While this picture I took without the skin burner and I added lipstick from Fishy Strawberry and eyeliner from Poudre which I had blogged earlier to the skin. The eyes are from Mayfly and the hair is from Analog Dog.

Start of Cosmopolitan Sale Room 27

Another round of CSR is starting.
Let's begin with this sweater dress from Lumiere.

hair + hat: [LeLutka]-CHILL hair/FATPACK groupgift
skin: Glance Anais August
eyes: Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eyes (Midnight Hazel)
eyeliner: -Belleza- Eyeliners
nails: [FEMALE  [MANDALA]NAIL PALETTE 1 Medium]
dress: Lumiere Sweaterdress Grey @ CSR27
leggings: ** [ Riddle ] ** Alluring Argyle (Stockings) - Black (old item)

Boots+bag: awear long boots black @ CSR27

Apart from the black boots, there are other colours to choose from and I like the Leppard print the best.

boots + bag: awear long boots leppard @ CSR27

The bag is resizeable but has no resizer script so be sure to make a copy if you want to resize it smaller or bigger.

Party in December

Have you seen the beautiful groupgift from Lazuri yet?

The December groupgift is a full set and non-members can get the rings. It has a colour changing hud with several types of gem stones and metals. Group fee is 250L.
Moon is also wearing a mink stole from epoque which is available at this month's Chapter Four. I deleted the pose and edited the stole bigger because the gown which is already an xxs, still showed through the stole. A great thing as the stole only comes in 1 size.
The gown is mine! Yes, I textured the gown and I didn't just slap it on the mesh. It has irked me to no end that I cannot make my avatar's clothings when in rl I have been sewing since little but one day it all clicked for me. I wanted to do the style of dresses I like to wear. I still have a lot to learn.
The gown was made for party in mind.
I went overboard a bit when I finally figure out how to make the shadows on the dresses and in the end, I made quite a lot of dresses with different floral prints. Check it out at my marketplace or my in-world store where I also have my houses.
A bit of shameless advertisement there:)

hair: TRUTH HAIR Rocky -  variety
eyes: Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eyes (Teal Hazel)
skin: Glance Anais August
jewellery: Lazuri Esme set
fur stole: (epoque) Fourrure Stole - Mink @ Chapter Four
gown: FOREVER SUMMER Red Florentine Strapless Gown
bag: {LC} Vivi bag gold
shoes: [Gos] Boutique - Isabella Sandals - Gold

Arcade shopping

I made it into the Arcade..... and blew my budget eventhough I didn't stay long. Everything seemed cheap and while clicking away, I didn't realised how much I had spent! It was to be expected.
I wanted the Belleza skin and I got the rare -Belleza- Tara Arcade 3 RARE on my first attempt.

I also got the MG necklace Truth Owl Whitel, which is great because I already have the white frog and the white ladybug on previous gatchas. Moon is wearing Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eyes (Midnight Hazel).

Next is .Birdy. Blair skin ~Dusk~ Frost. This skin looks so much like a painting. Moon is wearing Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eyes (Arctic Glacier).

The final skin I got is [theSkinnery] Maya 9(champagne). I think this skin is so sweet! Eyes are from Mayfly's newest group gift, Keshie Group Gift (Liquid Light Eyes - Forest Green).

With all these skins, Moon is wearing ISON - Heidi HUD - Darks [03] hair, Miamai_XGen Lashes_Lust and I forgot to take off her moles and blusher which are from Mynerva Mole Pack V2 Tattoo Layers and .ID. Rita/Blush Pack. These are old items so I am not sure if they are still available.

I also tried my luck with Analog Dog and I got Analog Dog Hair - The Arcade - "queen" RARE. Oh boy does Moon look a lot like Carter and paired with the .Birdy. Blair skin, she does look to be on the naughty side. This hair is fun!

hair: Analog Dog Hair - The Arcade - "queen" RARE @ ARCADE
skin: .Birdy. Blair skin ~Dusk~ Frost @ ARCADE
top: *COCO*_Gift_CroppedTankTop
jacket: Compulsion 'Elise' black bag @ Famesh
skirt: *COCO*_PleatedMiniSkirt_TartanRed
clutch: ::{u.f.o.}::cocoanimal clutch - fox - coral @ ARCADE
boots: {Sleepy Eddy} Engineer Boots (Loden) @ ARCADE

hair and dress: Exile::First Snow: 2.Dark Browns @ ARCADE (comes with a multi coloured hud)
bag: :pesca:bird bag day1 @ ARCADE
leggings: [BUKKA]leggings ::black&flower::
boots: {Sleepy Eddy} Engineer Boots (Loden) @ ARCADE

Have a good weekend!

That dog named Mic

It is incredibly difficult to take a picture with Mic around. He keeps on getting in the way and in the end, I thought I might as well get him in the picture.

I've forgotten what command that is, but he likes to do that a lot.

That's Mic doing the bellyup command. The puss is not amuse.

Moon is wearing LIVGLAM-Fall 13 Alice's Theme dress from the LIV Glam Thanksgiving hunt 2013 which is going on right now.

I had to get Carter in on the picture too, but Mic decided to explore at that moment.

on Carter:
hair: !lamb. Stay Don't Go (Mesh) - Grayscale Pack
skin: Essences - Whisper *Brown Sugar*
top: LavandaChic*Tie Halter Blusa*Gift Group Dec #1
skirt: part of ...Mutresse... Lili Sheer Blouse with Skirt
shoes: *GF* Strap Shoes "Alex" -mint-

props:
::A&A:: Holiday Fair - Magical Teal Christmas @ Holiday Fair
*Dench Designs* POE Christmas Tree
Trompe Loeil - Oceania Cabinet Elephant Inlay

Pretty in Plaid

I was very inspired to do a mix n match with the group gift tartan bloomers from LavandaChic. It reminded me of rock, punk and everything that is chaotic and yet whole. Not sure if you understand, but it feels like everything around you is going to heck and there's nothing you can do but just go with the flow and make the best of what you have.
Which is just what Carter is about. I don't spent much on her and when I do, it's usually bargains and freebies and groupgifts.

hair: !lamb. Stay Don't Go (Mesh) - Grayscale Pack @ collarbor88
skin: :[ Al Vulo! ] - [ Astrea ] - [ 60's chic Fairy TDR] @ TDRF
eyeshadow: [LeLutka]-GIFT makeups(old item)
eyes: Mayfly - Liquid Light Eyes (Bronze) 60L this weekend
top+jacket: part of [LG] Boutique-[ FALL-13] Moves LIke Jagger 1 Hud
bloomers: LavandaChic*Tartan Balloon Shorts*Gift Group Nov#2
jewelleries: *MM* (old item)
bag: Loordes of London-Chennai Handbag-Noir
boots: HOLLY MESH BLACK PATENT LONDON HEELS
pose: Purple Poses

Here is a close-up of the skin in blonde brow. Carter is not wearing her usual shape. I edited her face to suit this skin. She is also wearing the latest freebie hair from Analog Dog.

Have a good weekend!